Rummel inducts newest class into Athletic Hall of Fame
METAIRIE – Record-setting football coach Jay Roth headlined the induction class of 2023 into Archbishop Rummel’s Athletic Hall of Fame Thursday night.
Roth, whose 228 career wins are the most in Catholic League history, also quarterbacked the Raiders to their first undefeated regular season in 1980. The 1981 graduate would go on to coach seven teams to undefeated regular seasons and led four teams to state championship games, including back-to-back state titles in 2012 and 2013. He will also be inducted into the Louisiana High School Hall of Fame next spring.
Also in the class of 2023 are Billy Schaefer, a 1976 graduate and two-time team MVP in basketball who was the school’s third all-time leading scorer; Adam Klein, a 2007 graduate who won three individual state titles in swimming and went on to claim 10 All-America designations at Auburn, and Ryan Gernard, a three-time all-metro honoree in baseball who won a state championship as a senior in 1997.
Crescent City Sports’ Ken Trahan, a 1975 graduate and also a member of the hall of fame, served as master of ceremonies.
In addition to Thursday’s ceremony, the hall of famers will be honored at Saturday night’s Homecoming game against St. Augustine. The game will air live on NASH ICON 106.1 FM.
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